La'Vere Corbin-Ong

La'Vere Corbin-Ong
Corbin-Ong with Johor Darul Ta'zim in 2024
Personal information
Full name La'Vere Lawrence Corbin-Ong
Date of birth (1991-04-22) 22 April 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth London, England
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Johor Darul Ta'zim
Number 22
Youth career
1997–2009 Lynn Valley SA
2010–2011 Vancouver Whitecaps
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Capilano Blues
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Vancouver Whitecaps Residency 29 (0)
2012–2014 Pommern Greifswald 57 (5)
2014–2016 Berliner AK 07 64 (4)
2016–2017 FSV Frankfurt 36 (0)
2017 Go Ahead Eagles 9 (0)
2018– Johor Darul Ta'zim 118 (5)
International career‡
2017 Canada 1 (0)
2019– Malaysia 39 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 September 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024

La'Vere Lawrence Corbin-Ong (born 22 April 1991) is a professional footballer who plays for Malaysia Super League club Johor Darul Ta'zim and the Malaysia national team. Mainly a left-back, he is also capable of playing occasionally as a centre-back or left-midfielder. He is known for his long throw-ins and defensive attributes.

Born in England, he previously represented the Canada national team before switching to represent Malaysia in 2019.

Early life

Corbin-Ong was born in London, England, where his parents, Lawrence Corbin (Barbadian) and Elizabeth Ong (Malaysian Chinese), were studying psychiatry and nursing, respectively.[2][3] He was one year old when his family moved to Edmonton, the capital city of Alberta. When he was four years of age, his family moved to North Vancouver, where he was raised.[4]

He played a variety of sports in his youth, including football, lacrosse, gridiron football and tennis.[2] Corbin-Ong was six years old when he started playing football for the Lynn Valley SA.[4]

He played for Capilano University in Canada for a season after high school, then joined the Vancouver Whitecaps Residency program.[5] In 2012, he was set to attend the University of British Columbia and join their UBC Thunderbirds soccer team, but while waiting for the new season in five months went to Europe, where he got a tryout with German fifth tier side FC Pommern Greifswald.[5]

Club career

Vancouver Whitecaps Reserves

Corbin-Ong spent two years playing for the Whitecaps Reserves team, making 29 appearances for the club in 2010 and 2011, when the team competed in USL Premier Development League.

Pommern Greifswald

On 2 July 2012, Corbin-Ong moved to German fifth tier side Pommern Greifswald in the Oberliga Nord spending two seasons at the club. He make his club debut on 12 August 2012 in a league match against BFC Dynamo. On 30 March 2013, Corbin-Ong scored his first goal for the club against Anker Wismar which ended up in a 3–2 win.

Berliner AK 07

In July 2014, Corbin-Ong moved to the fourth tier German club, Berliner AK 07 in the Regionalliga playing another two seasons with the club.[6] On 3 August 2014, Corbin-Ong make his club debut against Germania Halberstadt. He would than scored his first goal for the club on 22 March 2015 scoring the only goal in the match against Wacker Nordhausen which earns his team the three points in the league. In the next match on 29 March, he scored another goal against VfB Auerbach in a 3–1 win.

On 25 August 2015, Corbin-Ong received the 'Man of the Match' award for putting up a magnificent performances in a 3–0 win against SV Babelsberg 03 where he was involved in all the goal scoring once and assisting twice.

FSV Frankfurt

After receiving interest from 2. Bundesliga club Union Berlin in 2015,[7][8] Corbin-Ong signed with FSV Frankfurt in the 3. Liga in June 2016.[9] He make his club debut on 30 July 2016 against Holstein Kiel.

Go Ahead Eagles

Corbin-Ong joined Eerste Divisie side Go Ahead Eagles on 3 July 2017.[10] He make his debut for the club playing the entire 90th minute against FC Emmen on 22 August 2017. However, he was plagued by injuries during his time with the club and therefore make a total overall of 10 appearances for the club.[11]

Johor Darul Ta'zim

On 24 November 2017, Corbin-Ong was signed by Malaysian Super League club Johor Darul Ta'zim.[12] Due to Corbin-Ong's mother being from Malaysia, he was classified as a local player.[13][14] He make his club debut in the 2018 Malaysia Super League season against Kedah FA on 3 February 2018 where he also assisted Marcos António to seal a 2–1 win. In the next match against PKNP on 6 February, he recorded another assist in a 3–0 win. On 14 February, Corbin-Ong played in the club AFC Cup match against Indonesian side Persija Jakarta in a fiercely battle that ended in a 2–0 win. On 5 May, he scored his first goal for the club against Negeri Sembilan in a 4–0 away win.

On 5 March 2019, Corbin-Ong played in the club AFC Champions League fixtures against Japanese side, Kashima Antlers.

On 14 April 2022, Corbin-Ong assisted twice in the club famous 5–0 victory over Chinese side, Guangzhou.

On 6 March 2023, Corbin-Ong scored his first brace in his career during a 7–0 thrashing victory against Negeri Sembilan.

International career

Corbin-Ong playing for Malaysia in 2022

Canada

In March 2017, Corbin-Ong received his first call-up to the Canada national team.[15] He made his international debut when he came on a second-half substitute in a 1–1 friendly draw with Scotland.[16]

Malaysia

In June 2019, Corbin-Ong made his Malaysia debut after starting in the friendly match against Nepal.[17] He was allowed to switch allegiance to Malaysia as his previous appearance for Canada was in a friendly match. He scored his first international goal for Malaysia on 7 June 2019 in the FIFA World Cup Qualifier against Timor-Leste which Malaysia won 7–1.[18]

On 8 June 2022, Corbin-Ong seal the win scoring the final goal in the 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification match in a 3–1 win against Turkmenistan.

On 22 August 2022, he scored the goal against host Thailand in the 2022 King's Cup.

Corbin-Ong represents the nation at the 2023 AFC Asian Cup held in Qatar where he played in all of Malaysia group stages match.

Personal life

Corbin-Ong was born in London to a Barbadian father and a Malaysian Chinese mother, but moved to Canada at the age of one and is therefore eligible to play for Canada, England, Barbados and Malaysia internationally.[19]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 8 December 2023[20][21]
Club League Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vancouver Whitecaps Residency Premier Development League 2010[22] 14 0 – – – 14 0
2011[22] 15 0 – – – 15 0
Total 29 0 – – – 29 0
Pommern Greifswald Oberliga Nord 2012–13 28 1 0 0 – – 28 1
2013–14[23] 29 4 0 0 – – 29 4
Total 57 5 0 – – 57 5
Berliner AK 07 Regionalliga Nordost 2014–15 30 2 0 0 – – 30 2
2015–16 34 2 0 0 – – 34 2
Total 64 4 0 0 – – 64 4
FSV Frankfurt 3. Liga 2016–17 36 0 1 0 – – 37 0
Go Ahead Eagles Eerste Divisie 2017–18 9 0 1 0 – – 10 0
Johor Darul Ta'zim Malaysia Super League 2018 21 1 10 0 4 0 4[c] 0 39 1
2019 18 0 9 0 0 0 5[d] 0 32 0
2020 11 0 1 0 0 0 2[d] 0 14 0
2021 20 0 10 0 0 0 3[d] 0 33 0
2022 22 0 6 0 4 0 5[d] 0 37 0
2023 20 4 3 0 4 1 5[d] 0 32 5
Total 112 5 39 0 12 1 24 0 187 6
Career total 307 14 41 0 12 1 24 0 384 15
  1. ^ Includes DFB-Pokal, KNVB Cup, Malaysia Cup
  2. ^ Includes Malaysia FA Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in AFC Champions League, appearances in AFC Cup
  4. ^ a b c d e Appearances in AFC Champions League

International

As of 21 November 2023[24]
Canada
Year Apps Goals
2017 1 0
Total 1 0
Malaysia
Year Apps Goals
2019 10 1
2021 3 0
2022 8 2
2023 10 1
Total 31 4

International goals

As of match played 13 October 2023. Malaysia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Corbin-Ong goal.
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 7 June 2019 Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Malaysia 2  Timor-Leste 1–0 7–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 8 June 2022 17  Turkmenistan 3–1 3–1 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification
3 22 September 2022 700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang Mai, Thailand 20  Thailand 1–0 1–1 (5–3 p) 2022 King's Cup
4 13 October 2023 Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 28  India 4–2 4–2 2023 Merdeka Tournament

Honours

Johor Darul Ta'zim

Malaysia

References

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